While
most Americans were celebrating the holidays, President Barack Obama
quietly signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), otherwise
known as the “Indefinite Detention Act,” into law. Obama
had initially said he would veto the bill which contains the draconian
language authorizing the US military to seize and incarcerate US citizens
without warrant, due process, trial, etc. Of course, Obama quickly changed
his mind after the bill passed both houses of Congress.

When
signing the NDAA into law, Obama issued a signing statement that in
essence said, “I have the power to detain Americans... but I won’t.”
See this report
here.

Americans
should realize that, coupled with the Patriot Act, the NDAA, for all
intents and purposes, completely nullifies a good portion of the Bill
of Rights, turns the United States into a war zone, and places US citizens
under military rule. And what is even more astonishing is the manner
in which the national press corps, and even the so-called “conservative”
talking heads, have either completely ignored it, or have actually defended
it. The likes of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, et al., should be ashamed
of themselves!

At
this juncture, I want to highly encourage my readers to review two columns
written by my constitutional attorney son, Tim Baldwin. He has written
two masterful columns explaining the draconian provisions of the NDAA
and responding to those irresponsible journalists who fail to understand
and warn the American people regarding the horrific implications of
the NDAA.

And
this is Tim’s
column, which rebukes journalists who choose to stick their heads
in the sand regarding the NDAA:

Mike
Adams at NaturalNews.com has also written a great piece regarding the
seriousness of the NDAA. He begins his report saying, “One of
the most extraordinary documents in human history--the Bill of Rights--has
come to an end under President Barack Obama. Derived from sacred principles
of natural law, the Bill of Rights has come to a sudden and catastrophic
end with the President's signing of the National Defense Authorization
Act (NDAA), a law that grants the U.S. military the ‘legal’
right to conduct secret kidnappings of U.S. citizens, followed by indefinite
detention, interrogation, torture and even murder. This is all conducted
completely outside the protection of law, with no jury, no trial, no
legal representation and not even any requirement that the government
produce evidence against the accused. It is a system of outright government
tyranny against the American people, and it effectively nullifies the
Bill of Rights.

“In
what will be remembered as the most traitorous executive signing ever
committed against the American people, President Obama signed the bill
on New Year's Eve, a time when most Americans were engaged in the consumption
of alcohol. It seems appropriate, of course, since no intelligent American
could accept the tyranny of this bill if they were sober.

“This
is the law that will cement Obama's legacy in the history books as the
traitor who nullified the Bill of Rights and paved America's pathway
down a road of tyranny that will make Nazi Germany's war crimes look
like child's play. If Bush had signed a law like this, liberals would
have been screaming ‘impeachment!’”

Adams
is absolutely right! Liberals are as bad as conservatives when it comes
to overlooking traitorous behavior when it is perpetrated by one of
their own.

Adams
goes on to say, “Even while committing an act of pure treason
in signing the bill, the unindicted criminal President Obama issued
a signing statement that reads, in part, ‘Moving forward, my administration
will interpret and implement the provisions described below in a manner
that best preserves the flexibility on which our safety depends and
upholds the values on which this country was founded…’

“Anyone
who reads between the lines here realizes the ‘the flexibility
on which our safety depends’ means they can interpret the law
in any way they want if there is a sufficient amount of fear being created
through false flag terror attacks. Astute readers will also notice that
Obama's signing statement has no legal binding whatsoever and only refers
to Obama's momentary intentions on how he ‘wishes’ to interpret
the law. It does not place any limits whatsoever on how a future President
might use the law as written.”

Signed
into law by President George W. Bush, the Patriot Act and Military Commissions
Act effectively eviscerated the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution.
Now, the NDAA of 2012, signed into law by President Barack Obama, has
effectively eviscerated the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth amendments
to the US Constitution. Note that it has not mattered one whit whether
it was a Republican or Democrat President or Congress in power at the
time. Both parties in Washington, D.C., have superintended over the
deliberate and unabashed dismantlement of the Bill of Rights. And, of
course, we must all realize that for all intents and purposes--and with
very few exceptions--both parties in Washington, D.C., have ignored
the Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution for decades.

We
should also add that the First Amendment was pretty much expunged in
1962 and 1963 when the US Supreme Court outlawed the public acknowledgment
of God. And the Second Amendment suffered a major setback with the passage
of the Nazi-like Gun Control Act of 1968. And, of course, the infamous
Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision also effectively annihilated the
right to life clause of the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution.

Therefore,
it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that, over the
past several decades, the US Congress, the US Supreme Court, and the
US Presidency have collaborated together to strip the American people
of the protections and safeguards of their liberties contained in what
must be recognized--along with the Declaration of Independence--as the
Holy Grail of liberty: the Bill of Rights.

So,
how long will it be before the President of the United States will actually
act upon the power that has been granted him under the Patriot Act,
the Military Commissions Act, and the NDAA of 2012? How long will it
be before the US military is ordered to turn their guns on the American
citizenry? How long will it be before American citizens begin disappearing
in much the same way that the people in Stalin’s Russia, Hitler’s
Germany, and Mao’s China disappeared? What will be the “national
emergency” that triggers the implementation of these Hitlerian
laws? Another 9-11-style attack maybe? Who knows? One thing is certain:
these laws are not painstakingly written, debated, and passed into law
for the fun of it! These laws are on the books for a reason: the federal
government fully intends to implement these laws at some point! You
can count on that!

And
once more I need to remind readers that the only Presidential candidate
that is sounding the alarm regarding this persistent and deliberate
erosion of our liberties is Congressman Ron Paul.

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I
am reminded of the sagacious words of America’s most celebrated
jurist Daniel Webster. He said, “God grants liberty only to those
who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.” So,
I guess it’s time to start asking the question: Just who is left
within these States United that truly love liberty and are willing to
guard and defend it? Because one thing is certain: the vast majority
of the miscreants in Washington, D.C., sure aren’t going to do
it.

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Chuck
Baldwin is a syndicated columnist, radio broadcaster, author, and pastor
dedicated to preserving the historic principles upon which America was
founded. He was the 2008 Presidential candidate for the Constitution Party.
He and his wife, Connie, have 3 children and 8 grandchildren. Chuck and
his family reside in the Flathead Valley of Montana. See
Chuck's complete bio here.